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,655. Patented N0v. 27, 1888.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEC JOHN W. MORGAN, OF \VASHINGTON, DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,655, dated November27, 1888.

Application filed March 29, 1887.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. ll/IORGAN, of Washington, in the District ofColumbia, have nvented certain new and useful Improvements 1n PaperBoxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in theattachment to pasteboard or paper boxes of the carrying balls or cords;and it consists, substantially, in such features of improvement as willhereinafter be more particularly described or pointed out. In pasteboardor paper boxes, as constructed 111 many instances heretofore, theattachment of the carrying bail or cord is of such a weak nature as thatthe weight of the boxes when filled very frequently proves too great topermit of said box being carried by the cord or bail in the mannerintended, the bail many times breaking away from the box and cansingconsiderable inconvenience to the persons carrying the same.

The defect above noted has resulted in my devising the presentinvention, wherein I attach or secure to the under side of one of themeeting or connecting flaps or edges of the box a longitudinal strip ofstiffpaper or pasteboard, adjacent to the inner edge of which I form insaid connecting flap or edge of the box suitable openings for thepassage of the ends of the carrying cord or bail. The ends of saidcarrying cord or ball I paste or otherwise attach to the under side ofthe upper connecting flap or edge of the box, and the two flaps arepasted together, the said upper flap being brought down upon the lowerflap, and thus will the two flaps of the box he firmly secured togetherand the two ends of the carrying bail or cord firmly held between them.The said carrying cord or bail passes beneath the 1on gitudinalre-enforced strip of stiff paper or pasteboard, and is pasted thereto byany suitable adhesive mixture. In this way the weight of the boxwill besustained in a much better manner than in many instances heretofore, andby virtue of the double security thus provided for the carrying cord orbail the same is less liable to break away or become discon- SeriulN0.232.S90. (No model.)

nected from the box, all as will more fully hereinafter appear whentaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1represents a longitudinal sectional View of a paper or pasteboard box,the same indicating the manner in which the two connecting flaps areunited as well as the manner of attachment thereto of the carrying cordor bail. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line m 00.

Reference being had to the several parts by the letters marked thereon,A represents a paper or pasteboard box, of any preferred construction orform,having its connecting edges or flaps c and b overlapping eachother, as shown in the drawings, the same being united by any suitablegum or adhesive mixture, the upper one of said flaps being formed withthe openings 0 0 for the passage therethrough of the ends of thecarrying cord or bail. These ends of the said carrying cord or bail arefirmly cemented or glued to the lower surface of the upper flap, I), ofthe box before the two flaps are united together, and then when anadhesive mixture is applied to the upper surface of the lower flap, a,and the upper flap is brought down upon the lower flap the ends of thecord will become firmly secured between the two flaps in an obviousmanner.

Secured to the under side of the upper flap of the box alongside theopenings is a longitudinal strengthening or re-enforce strip, D, ofstiff paper or pasteboard, and that portion of the ends of the carryingcord or bail E passing over said strip are cemented thereto in likemanner as the extremities thereof are secured between the two flaps.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that by attaching thecarrying cord or bail to the box in the manner described the latter canbe used for a much greater length of time than in many instancesheretofore, and that the same is not as apt to become torn or brokenfrom use in carrying. It will also be seen that the attachment orconnection of the carrying cord or bail is rendered very secure and lessliable to become broken, both of which are a very valuable desideratumin this class of inventions wherein the purpose is to provide a paper orpasteboard box which can be used for an unlimited number of times,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a paper or pasteboard box, the combination, with the box havingoverlapping meet- 5 ing edges or flaps united by an adhesive compound,one 01' said flaps being provided with openings for the passage of thecarrying cord or bail, of the longitudinal strengthening or re-enforcestrip secured to the under side of to said flap adjacent to itsopenings, and the carrying cord or bail having its ends passing Ithrough said openings and secured to said strip and between the twoflaps of the box, substantially in the manner shown or described. 15

-In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN \V. MORGAN. Witnesses:

S. A. TERRY, G. P. RENNEKER.

